A. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING NOW Kim and Perez 2k6 (Wan J., and Paul, Tampa Tribune, “Justice Marshaling Resources Against Human Trafficking”, August 6, Lexis nexis)
When coupled with successes around the nation, such as the 50-year prison sentences recently obtained in a sex trafficking case in New York, we are making real progress toward abolishing human trafficking in our nation. As awareness among law enforcement officials increases, more cases will be brought and more victims rescued. The Gag rule is key for organizations to disavow sex trading and prostitution Crane and Dusenberry 2k4 (Crane, Barbara B., and Jennifer Dusenberry. "Power and politics in international funding for reproductive health: the US Global Gag Rule. (Features)." Reproductive Health Matters 12.24 (Nov 2004): 128(10). Expanded Academic ASAP. ) The Gag Rule may already be serving as a model for restricting eligibility for US funding in other areas, in support of the same underlying, ideologically conservative agenda.An example is language included in 2003 in the global HIV/ AIDS authorisation bill adopted by the US Congress. Organisations inside and outside the US are ineligible for funding unless they include a statement in their grant agreements stating their opposition to the practices of prostitution and sex trafficking. (31,32) Foreign NGOs must obey an even harsher restriction. In order to receive funding, they must enact a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking. (33) The consequences for organisations that direct services to sex workers on public health, humanitarian and human rights grounds remain to be seen. (34)
B. If the gag rule was lifted dehumanizing prostitution would rum rampant Maher 2k7 (Bridget, Family Research Council, “Liberating women from prostitution”, accessed july 11, 2007, pg. http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=CU05G14)
Overseas groups who receive federal funds to fight AIDS must pledge their opposition to prostitution and sex trafficking, according to a new U.S. policy. Defending this policy, Kent Hill of US AID said,"Prostitution worldwide has always been connected to human rights violations, dehumanization and organized crime. The vast majority of people do find themselves there by choice." Some groups oppose this policy, claiming that it interferes with organizations' free speech rights. But what about the right of women to be respected and not treated as an objects?
Kim and Perez 2k6 (Wan J., and Paul, Tampa Tribune, “Justice Marshaling Resources Against Human Trafficking”, August 6, Lexis nexis)
When coupled with successes around the nation, such as the 50-year prison sentences recently obtained in a sex trafficking case in New York, we are making real progress toward abolishing human trafficking in our nation. As awareness among law enforcement officials increases, more cases will be brought and more victims rescued. The Gag rule is key for organizations to disavow sex trading and prostitution Crane and Dusenberry 2k4 (Crane, Barbara B., and Jennifer Dusenberry. "Power and politics in international funding for reproductive health: the US Global Gag Rule. (Features)." Reproductive Health Matters 12.24 (Nov 2004): 128(10). Expanded Academic ASAP. ) The Gag Rule may already be serving as a model for restricting eligibility for US funding in other areas, in support of the same underlying, ideologically conservative agenda. An example is language included in 2003 in the global HIV/ AIDS authorisation bill adopted by the US Congress. Organisations inside and outside the US are ineligible for funding unless they include a statement in their grant agreements stating their opposition to the practices of prostitution and sex trafficking. (31,32) Foreign NGOs must obey an even harsher restriction. In order to receive funding, they must enact a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking. (33) The consequences for organisations that direct services to sex workers on public health, humanitarian and human rights grounds remain to be seen. (34)
B. If the gag rule was lifted dehumanizing prostitution would rum rampant
Maher 2k7 (Bridget, Family Research Council, “Liberating women from prostitution”, accessed july 11, 2007, pg. http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=CU05G14)
Overseas groups who receive federal funds to fight AIDS must pledge their opposition to prostitution and sex trafficking, according to a new U.S. policy. Defending this policy, Kent Hill of US AID said, "Prostitution worldwide has always been connected to human rights violations, dehumanization and organized crime. The vast majority of people do find themselves there by choice." Some groups oppose this policy, claiming that it interferes with organizations' free speech rights. But what about the right of women to be respected and not treated as an objects?